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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1929

Page

2

Entomology Research Traveled by European Visit

Dr H B Hungerford head of the department of entomology at the University of Kansas returned from a nine month European tour. In Vienna he noted generous hospitality and access to the Rothal museum where he could enter early and stay long. He traveled to compare Kansas collections with older European type specimens and brought back several insects.

H. B.huneford Ehtomotéey University of Kansas Europe Vi Na Rational Museum Doctor Hungerford Hungerford Middle West Severan Eimens United States South America

Hungerford’s European insect collection aids Kansas study

Doctor Hungerford notes the Kansas collection will be enriched by specimens gathered during extensive European travel. He spent nearly seven months visiting Glasgow, Beotland, Cambridge, Oxford, Juendon, Berlin, Hamburg, Kiel, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Vienna, Prague, Bucharest, and Switzerland, collaborating with the Smithsonian and attending the AAAS meetings in New York.

Derscar Hongerford Kansas Doctor Hunger- Sort Nodtor Hungerford Tess University of Glasgow Werthshire Museum Beotland Cambridge Oxford Juendon Berlin Unity Harle Hamburg Kiel Copenhagen Unisity Stockholm University of Vsala Europe Dresden Prague Vienna Bucharest Switzerland Hungerford Smithsonian Washington Athington American Association For the Advancement of Science Kew York

University organ concert resumes January 6 at auditorium

On Sunday afternoon January 6 the regu nday organ program at the new University auditorium will continue with Everette Anderson, University organist, presenting a levied program. Selections include Mine Inmost Heart Doth Yearn Brahms Noel Ecossais Guilmant. The concert starts promptly at 4 and weeknight organ recitals will continue regularly thereafter.

University Everette Anderson Uni Brahms Noel Ecossais Guilmant Yesper Organ

Soviet plan to plant 10 million acres for wheat and flax

In the Soviet lands ten million acres are to be planted to wheat and flax with American machinery under Campbell’s action. Campbell sails from New York January 12 to Russia for the mission. He expects Russia to buy over 100 million dollars worth of American planting and harvesting gear to tackle the food problem. William C. Davis, a University of Marquette student, recovering from a mastoid operation after influenza, is reported to be improving and may return to class.

Tlos Angeles Thomas D. Campbell Hardin, Mont America Russia Ler Uy Campbell New York Tan Campbell Pasadena Washington William C. Davis Marquette Emporia Canutpson University usag_ student hospital Davis Clas

Geological survey notes need to map western Kansas resources

Dr. R C Moore state geologist and K state university head says central and western Kansas hold vast untapped oil gas salt deposits limestone and clays. He and Prof Landes present a state map marking surveyed and unsurveyed regions and urge five years of focused work to complete the map and aid development.

Central Western Kansas R. C. Moore University of Kansas Moore K. K. Landes Geological Survey Doctor Moore Sumner Sedgwick McPherson Rice Reno Russell Ellis Rooks Barber Sumner-Sedgewick Tost Clark Comanche Rooke Osborne Mit Chell Kansag Prime Meridian U Meade Norton Phillips Jewell Sheridan Harper Seward Grant Rawlins Smith, Ellsworth Graham Ttese Hamilton Ness Logan Cove Decatur Haskell i Lane Sherman Wallace Pratt Lincoln Stafford Meade Harvey State Geological Survey Dakota Sandstone Colorado Oklahoma Missouri

Real estate transfers and jail report item

William E Koehring and Estelle M Koehring transfer west six acres to Thomas L Burns from the east 14 of the west 42 of NE 1 of SE 4 of Sec 32 Twp 12 Range 20 minus a right of way. Four Sleepers at City Jail report notes four sleepers registered at the city jail last night.

William E Koehring Estelle M. Koehring Thomas L. Burns A. T&s Sity

Need More Funds for Flu Among Indians

Officials of the bureau of Indian affairs urged a deficiency appropriation of 30,000 dollars to combat the influenza outbreak among western Indians. Edgar B. Merritt testified before a house subcommittee that up to 800 children from Indian schools in Phoenix, Arizona, hospitalizations illustrate the epidemic’s spread, with the southwest hardest hit and northward expansion anticipated. The testimony accompanied the first deficiency bill report.

Washington Bureau of Indian Affairs West Edgar B. Merritt Missioner of Indian Affairs House Southwest Phoenix Arizona

Prince Drenched After Duke of Gloucester Falls from Horse

London dispatch reports the Duke of Gloucester unseated when his horse fell into a brook near Barsby during a hunt with the Quorn hounds. He was drenched but uninjured, while the scene followed news of other state cases and parole recommendations in the U.S. and Britain.

Duke of Gloucester London Melton Owbray Sey Huntarton Barsby Prince George

Friday program entries and performances listed

Friday program items show events and performers with times to be announced including Interwoven Entertainers and Armstrong Quak, plus various sponsors and equipment notes, followed by a Saturday lineup starting at 2:00 am and sunrise music.

E. R. Squibb & Sons Braitlin Brothers Mo Armstrong Quak Philco m.—Hudson

Douglas County TB seal sale total tops $1600

Returns on the T B Christmas seal drive show about $1,600 collected so far with $1,569 mailed and the rest from rural district pupils. Follow up cards will be mailed to nonrespondents to boost receipts toward a hoped total over $2,000 though the $2,400 goal may not be met.

T. B Douglas County T. B. Association Ed Anderson Seal Sale Anderson

Mexico bank robbery ends with chase and one fatality

A $21,500 hold up at the First National Bank in Mexico Missouri led to a manhunt for Tom Davis of Chicago. One robber was killed, another jailed, and Davis evaded capture before slipping away toward U.S. Highway 40. The loot included $9,500 recovered near Auxvasse as the trio fled.

Mexico Tom Davis Chicaro First National Bank Davis John Matthews Dallas John E. Bruck New York City Willie Hightower Fort Worth Texas Hightower Auxvasse Here Bruck U. S. Highway 40

Charles Rappard Sr 90th Birthday Honored in Douglas County

Charles Rappard Sr celebrated his ninetieth birthday at a family reunion at the home of his daughter Mrs Edwin Schreiber near Baldwin. An early settler who arrived from Switzerland after the Civil War, he farmed near Baldwin and remained active in community life. He has seven children, several living nearby, and remains in good health driving his car daily.

Charles Rappard Douglas County Sinner Edwin Schreiber Baldwin Rappard Switzerland Worden Kansas City Charles de Watteville Lawrence

Sale on Downtown Lawrence High School Tickets Opens

Lawrence high school begins season ticket sale in the business district under athletic manager William Kasick with ten helpers. Tickets for six home games, starting with tonight’s game against Rosedale, cost adults 1.43 and students 1. Students may buy at the gate before tonight’s 7:30 p.m. tip off. The assembly urged students to buy season tickets.

Lawrence High School William Kasick Rosedale Mr. Essick Fred Montgomery

Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area 82 and 36

William Gifford 82 oldest settlers dies at home east of Perry. Services Sunday 2 pm from home. burial Perry cemetery. Mrs Julia Sullivan mother of Edward Sullivan dies in Rochester NY. funeral Sunday. survived by six children in several cities. Mrs J L Custer death announced Long Beach CA influenza. son Ray Custer in Minneapolis and others attend. Mrs W F Harmon dies Route 3. funeral 2:30 pm Funk chapel. burial Oak Hill. Frank Hudson 36 former Lawrence resident dies in Excelsior Springs MO. funeral 10 am from sister’s home. burial Oak Hill. WWI hospital unit service. Leo Burk McClintock infant son of Herbert McClintock dies near Sibleyville. no arrangements yet.

William Gifford Perry Julia Sullivan John Sullivan Edward. F. Sullivan Rochester N. Y Cchildren Jack Daly John Gogging J. G. Sullivan W. D. Sullivan W. R. Walsh Portland Ore Edward Sullivan Lawrence J. L. Custer Long Beach Calif Custer Club Tennessee Street W. F. Harmon VW. ‘F.harmon Funk Chapel E. Bright Baldwin Oak Hill Cemjeter Frank Hudson U. S. Veteran's Hospital Excelsior Springs Frank Whipple New Hampshire Street A. D. Grey Oak Hill Hudson 137Th Infantry France Nell Hudson Millard Hudson Leo Burk McClintock Herbert McClintock Sibleyville

Birthplace of War Plot House to Be Torn Down in Belgrade

Belgrade reports that the Club Na rodha Obrana, famed as Europe’s most notorious plot house where the 1914 Archduke assassination plans were perfected, will be razed to make way for an office building. The site, once a center of anti Austria propaganda, will gain a tablet noting its historic role in starting World War I.

Belgrade Narodta Obrana Europe Ferdinand Jus Toot Tchavrilovitch Princip Austria-Hungary Italy

Mormon Mission Converts Crowd France Campaign

Paris AP reports Mormon polemen teams have begun a campaign to convert France from Rabelais and Montaigne to latter day Saint doctrine. Eight presidents of European missions led by John A Widtsoe held a congress. In six months two missionaries converted about 600 people to Mormonism.

Paris Rabelais Montaigne Mormon Church John A. Widtsoe

One Year Military Service Adopted in France

Paris AP reports France ends compulsory service after one year for conscripts called at twenty, cutting the prewar term from three years and the postwar four to a single year. Minister of War Paville announced the new policy, effective as armistice reductions persist.

Paris France Pavilege Armistii Varioz

Swarthout reelected secretary at music teachers meeting

Dean D. M. Swarthout of the University School of Fine Arts was elected secretary of the Music Teachers National Association for the seventh consecutive year at the fiftieth annual meeting in Cleveland. The conference featured Ernest Block's premiere America, with plans to include it in the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra program next spring. Officers were largely reappointed, with Karl Gehrkens elected vice president, and the year’s next meeting set for Cincinnati in December.

Dean D. M. Swarthout University School of Fine Arts Cleveland Ohio Music Teachers’ National Association Dean Swarthout Association Ernest Block America Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra van Swarthout Ernest Fowles Royal Academy of Music of London Olga Samaroff Henry Turner. Bailey Cleveland Art Museum James R. Rogers Or ‘Gan Swarthout Karl Gehrkens Oberlin Cincinnatti

Lawrence tire and battery shops announce new service charge

A group of Lawrence tire and battery dealers led by Jayhawk Tire and Battery Co Carter Service Eudaly Bros Garage Lawrence Buick Co Davis Child Co Hamilton Motor Co and Fritz Co reveal a new service charge schedule for previously free services due to low tire battery and praso line prices and higher operating costs.

Lawrence Jayhawk Tire &Battery Co Carter Service Eudaly Bros Lawrence Buick Co Davis & Child Co Hamilton Motor Co Fritz Co

Chinese Taxes Stir Canton Trade With Foreign Merchants

In Canton foreign merchants face escalating import and export levies as the Chinese government seeks revenue. Treaties with various nations set tax rates, but local authorities impose additional duties not bound by those agreements, burdening traders and halting some goods.

Canton China

Arkansas girl nets 69 40 from garden project

Gertrude Turk a 13 year old farm girls club member in Forrest City Arkansas earned 69 40 from one twentieth acre devoted to garden crops. Her tomatoes Lima beans beets cucumbers and greens fed a family of seven and produced 211 quarts of vegetables and 28 50 worth of truck sales. Production cost was 11 and profit totaled 69 40.

Forrest City Ark Gertrude Turk Farm Girls’ Club Gertrude

Ragged Clothes Market Shows Global Trade Links

The Moslem population of Macedonia drives one of the world’s premier second-hand clothing markets with Jugoslavian imports serving 730000 people. France and Germany lead shipments worth about 5 million dollars annually. In Washington the radio commission refused eight licenses awaiting hearings for frequency deviations.

Belgrade Macedonia Jugoslavia France Germany Washington The Radio Commission KPCB Seattle Wash WRHM Fridley Minn WMEC Detroit KGER Long Beach Calif WLBX Long Island City KGFJ Los Angeles KFWI San Francisco KMO Tacoma

Report of a car being stripped on Indiana Street

Police answered a call from the 600 block of Indiana Street last night reporting a car being stripped. Officers found nothing unlawful and determined all was well.

Lawrence Massachusetts Street T 9 Kansas City, Mo Kangar City iMo Avawer Indiana Street

Nation Reform Rules Set For Weddings Funerals Dress

Shanghai AP In line with the nationalist government’s program for political and military renovation instructions govern ceremonial rites and national costumes. The ceremonial rules call for economy simplicity and appropriateness with joyful weddings sorrowful funerals and reverent sacrificial ceremonies. National dress emphasizes simplicity beauty convenience and hygiene with native materials and six classes including civilian women military students officials and foreign affairs officers.

Shanghai China

Liberty Bell foundry in London claims historic status

The ancient bell foundry in London, owner Messrs. Mears and Stainbank, traces origins to 1570 in Whitechapel. It moved to Whitechapel Road in 1738 and has repaired bells dating back to 1504. Notable outputs include Big Ben, York Minster's Great Peter, and Lincoln Cathedral's Great Tom.

London Messrs. Mears and Stainbank Essex Street Whitechapel Whitechapel Road Staplehurst York Minster Peter Lincoln Cathedral Tom

Calcium salts and milk as essential diet advised

An article from Henderika J. of Vanderbilt Clinic emphasizes calcium’s role in bone and tooth formation and heart function. It argues milk is the top calcium source, promotes weight gain with milk, and outlines daily milk intake recommendations for adults and children, plus alternative calcium sources.

Henderika J Rynbergen Dietitian Vanderbilt Clinic Presbyterian Hospital New York City Gorgas Memorial Institute Washington, D.C

Rutgers University to study gas firing of ceramics

Nelw Brunsw N J ap Rutgers university announces a pioneering study on using gas to fire ceramics. A contract with the America Gas Association funds the work led by Prof. George H. Brown, focusing first on gas effects on glaze quality, then on furnaces and kilns. New Jersey is chosen as a test ground due to its leading ceramic wares and shift from coal heated kilns to long heated tunnels.

Nelw Brunswick N. J Rutgers Amercia Gas Association George H. Brown Department of Ceramics New Jersey

Best Personal Service in Hotels Cites German Differences

Berlin AP reports American hotels exceed Germany in mechanical comforts yet lag in personal service. General Leslie Kincaid notes German hotels are clean and well run but lack the personal touch found in U S rooms. The piece contrasts elevators and amenities with attentive service. Also mentions a Soviet expedition to the Salik Tash Unkur cave near Rang Kal lake uncovering bones and grottos. samples to Moscow for study.

Berlin Germany Pe Ominion Leslie Kincaid Risen Hotels Corporation Kincaid Forbidden Cave Tashkent Pash Rang-Kal Lake

Relics of French WWI aviation heroes fetch high bids

Paris AP reports charity sale of World War I aviation relics set record prices. Guynemer's glove sold for 4000 dollars to the Army Museum after an 8000 dollar auction start. Nung’s last army cap sold for two dollars, Franck’s painting of a piece of enemy plane earned 1200, and the total sale realized about 15000 dollars.

Paris Guynemer Army Museum Army Franck

Trained nurse highly endorses Sargon remedy

A fifteen year trained nurse Mrs Effie Turner Long of Oklahoma City testifies to Sargon Left Mass Pills easing her long standing digestion issues and constipation. She reports relief from side pains and sleep discomfort, improved appetite and overall tone. She notes the product is mild yet effective and endorses its availability through Law Fence from Round Car Company.

Sargon Soft Effie Turner Long King Raid Hotel Oklahoma City Eastern Star Methodist Church Bargon Sbi Round Car Company Adv Ben

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